Episode Reviews

I had no idea that the same guy who wrote Jumpin' Jack Flash wrote Amistad and Gladiator!Not sure how you guys managed to land this interview, but I have no doubt you used some spy skills. It was very interesting listening to how the sixties ultimately influenced and informed most of Mr. Franzoni's writing and more specifically the Vietnam war.I agree with him about Jumpin' Jack Flash, I never saw it as a spy movie either. Granted, it's been two decades since I last watched it. But to me it was more an edgy comedy that dared to show Whoopie Goldberg as a genius. In the interview a lot of topics are discussed about filmmaking and how stories and scripts shift. The most revealing aspect of this interview, which I won't spoil here, has to do with how Gladiator came about, and what it is really all about. And why it wass Mr. Franzoni's "first film" . . . even though it came out well into his career.Also, now I really have to watch King Arthur . . . a film I had poo-pooed as just another retelling of the myth/legend.